Welcome to the Book Loft, Emerald. Is there a story behind your new novella Before We Say I Do?Yes. Before We Say I Do is the continuation of Entertaining Angels, and it keeps true to that story in that there’s a message to be learned. But in this one, we learn that forgiveness is the key to a healthier, happier life. It’s about learning that if we can’t for […]

Following the best-selling first book of the series, Entertaining Angels, comes Before We Say I Do, An Entertaining Angels Short Story. Chase Sanders and Madison Andrews are about to declare their love for one another in the most sacred of ways. Everything has been going perfectly, especially when an old friend returns to town to stand by Chase’s side on the […]

Once again, we offer you a warm welcome to the Bookshelf of the Barn Door Book Loft. And before we announce our winners we’d like to offer a special thanks to these Christian authors who offered a sample of their writing to our faithful readers: Anna M. Aquino who offered her Devotional Confessions of a Ninja Mom. Margaret Brownley who offered her Historic […]

Thank you to all of our authorsVanessa RileyShannon VannatterLuana EhrlichDianne J. WilsonMisty BellerTo quote one of our Clash of the Titles visitors This is “Another WOW reading list for us avid readers.”And the winner is!Congratulations! Finding Mia by Dianne Jennifer WilsonIsobel is on the hunt for her missing muse. What she finds instead is an abandoned […]

What a great bunch of books to take on vacation or read under a shady tree this summer. Selections include a Regency romance, a thriller, the story of an abandoned child found by the shore and two Westerns. Peruse below and let us know which one you’ll put on top of the stack in your beach bag. Scroll down and vote in the survey box. Then let your friends kn […]

This follow-up story will delight readers of Thomas’ previous novel, but, it reads perfectly as a standalone as well. – RT Book Reviews Top Pick – 4.5 starsAbout the book:When a family tragedy derails Henry Phillips’s college studies, he’s left unmoored and feeling abando […]

If you haven't noticed, which I actually hope you have, I haven't blogged for a while. Well, I needed a break. I'd published seven books in three years and I was sort of written out. I simply needed a break. So now I think the break is over. I'm thinking about writing again and have several projects in different stages of writing. They we […]

As I stated last week, November is NANOWRIMO. I'm working on the next Stones Creek novel. It's the story of Chloe, Noah Preston's sister. She comes to Stones Creek with her two children. If you would like to read her pre-story simply subscribe to Sophie's Special Emails. No more than twice a month will you receive an email with special co […]

It is November and thus NANOWRIMO, National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is to begin a novel and write 50,000 words during the month. Since this occupies most of my focus for these four weeks I will be reposting previous articles each week this month. Fudgsicles, how long has it been since I’ve had a fudgsicle? I’m not sure, but they came to mind when […]

June 2015A Camille Carter Novel Book OneBuy on Amazon2.99 ebookFrom the Publisher:When all-round buttercream princess, Millie Carter, becomes stranded at Craiglea Manor Cookery School, she believes her chance of enjoying a merry festive season is over.The village of Aisford is Christmas-card perfect, but Millie hates it - she hates the snow, her freezing fin […]

I've been privileged to work with many authors on a vast array of projects, everything from short horror, flash fiction, quick little reads to epic historical novels. Eliza Earsman has an interesting history, besides a growing list of lovely tales to read. Manley, the rescue cat, is a charming tale at a sweetheart price.About the Book:Manley was in a ba […]

Margaret, the heroine of Patriot’s Pride, first appeared as the indomitable younger sister of Agnes in Patriot’s Heart. Margaret and her pet pig, Jonas, stole many scenes in Patriot’s Heart. I knew I had to give Margaret her own book and I am delighted I was able to do so.One fact, which initially inspired me to write the book, was the impressment of America […]

NOTE: Due to a serious need to cut back on my workload, this will be my last official book review on this blog.It doesn’t seem possible that the evening can get any worse for police officer Josh Wallace after he is dumped by the girlfriend he planned to propose to, but it does. Josh and his partner are shot while chasing a carjacking suspect. While on the […]

Ruthy MacNeil is rescued by Luke Stone after she nearly drowns fording a flooded river with a wagon train. Her step family doesn’t survive and she is finally free of their mistreatment. Luke surived the horrific ordeal as a prisoner of war in notorious Anderson prison during the civil war, only to learn that his father has been killed and the family ranch st […]

When Pat Taylor wed Tom Allanson he had no way of knowing it would destroy his life in just a matter of weeksIn fact, Pat destroyed a lot of people’s lives. The attractive Southern belle was spoiled by her mother and she expected to live a lavish lifestyle at any cost. Nobody crosses Pat who was fascinated with Scarlett O’Hara. Pat could pour on the charm, b […]

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The odd part is that it’s already #35 in the category Inspirational Historical Fiction. How many copies had to sell to get that number? Well, I bought a copy. LOL. Besides that, I have no idea.

What does that tell us about ranking? It tells us that labeling can make or break a Best Seller status.

Yesterday, within a few minutes of stumbling across my book on Amazon (it wasn’t due to release for another 3 weeks), I had Author Central on the phone. Three minutes later, they were well on their way to setting up the labels according to my specifications, which were exactly how they listed for Wounded Spirits. I simply said, “Please copy the labels from my first book.”

Today, the adjustment was complete and appeared on Warring Spirits’ main page as this:

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2 Responses to “Making or Breaking Ranks”

Thank you for the reminder about Amazon categories, April! And congrats on your super numbers already. Amazon has very friendly folk to help you with your categories, but honestly? Sometimes their categories are not exactly what you might request. All you can do is work a bit with them to get it narrowed down as much as possible, but they are apparently in the process of changing some of their categories. We’ll see if they got things changed the way I requested in a couple of days!

April has a way of simplifying things so we can all understand. I am looking forward to helping her with her book launch on Amazon in a few weeks.

And, do you like INNOVATION? The John 3:16 Marketing Network will be presenting a brand-new marketing strategy shortly — and, of course, everything we do for the members is free. Keep your eyes tuned — you will want to be a part of this great win-win for authors AND READERS!